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Kathryn Shern

Case from Whitehouse Station, NJ dated Jul 03, 2022

Victim Details

Kathryn Shern

Female

White / Caucasian

Whitehouse Station

NJ

2022-07-03

70

Kathryn

Shern

06/24/2026

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In the quiet community of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, a house fire on a July morning revealed a deeper tragedy. Firefighters who responded to the blaze at the home of Kathryn and Charles Shern made a grim discovery that went beyond the destruction caused by the flames. Inside the smoke-filled residence, the bodies of 70-year-old Kathryn Shern, a female, and her 71-year-old husband, Charles, were found. It was not the fire that claimed their lives.

An investigation into their deaths de ...
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  • https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/08/readington-whitehouse-station-nj-fire-was-murder-suicide-says-prosecutor/65369777007/
  • Detectives probe apparent murder-suicide of N.J. couple - nj.com
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